Improvement in taper-holders



T. w. noucumQ LightingDevice.

Patented Mar. 7, 1871.

- aw Wm O AS-kw. 11mm, or MORRISANIA, ew YORK;

Letterslatent No. 112,343, dated March 7,18i1.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAPE R-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and melding pent of thesame.

I To all 'whomttmeycohcerng Be itknowu that I, THOMAS W. Honon'm, o1

, Morrisania, in the county of Westehester, New York,

havei invented, made, and applied to use a new'and useful Taper-Holderto be used in Lighting Gas; and

that the following' jis a fnll,'clear, and correct deh criptiofi of thesame, reference being had to the accompauying drawing making part ofthis specification gandfto the letters of referencexma'rked thereon, in

whicha Figural is a vie w of my improved taper holder, the taperheingsliowli in position.

a Figure 2fis, a view of the same, the taper being withdrawn therefrom.

a Iu'the drawinglike partsof the inventiouare pointed out by the samelettersofi reference.

v The nature of the present invention consists In the construction, asmore fully hereinafter described, of a new and useful holderfortapersusually employed to light gas, the object of the invention being toaliord to the publica cheap, convenient, and eflicient implementfor thatpurpose;

" To'enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my inveutiimflwill describe theconstructiou and operation of the same, i I

'A-shows a tube, formedusually of metal, and made of any desired lengthand diameter, intended to. re-

ceive the taper- 13, formed of .wax orsome suitable substance ormaterial,

- This tube A may be furnished at one end with a handle, C, while to itsupper or top end is attached, in any convenient -manner,a yoke, 'D,fia'rn edgeuerally'ot'fimetal, and provided with an opening,j(l, which,when the yokeislplaceil in position, isidircetly. above thetop of. thetube A.

,E shows a spring fin-med, of brass or iron wire, one

endlof which is attached upon one side of the yoke 'D, near its base,while its upper end is bent so as to form an eye, e, which, when thespring is attached, falls directly in line with the openingd in the.yoke D. Such-being the construction, the operation may be thusdescribed: v v I The yoke D and spring E having been attached as alreadydescribed, the taper B is inserted in the tube A by passing the lowerend of it through the opening in the yoke and through the eye of thespring,

and thence into the tube,'the taper being made sufliciently' long tofill the tube and allow a portion of it to project beyond the tube andthrough the eye of.

the'spriug and yoke. I

The upper end of the taper may then be lighted and the-instrument beused for lighting purposes, and.

as the taper is consumed it may gradually be drawn from within thetubeand through the eye' offthe spring, and through'the opening in theyoke, the spring holding the drawn-out portion of thetaper firmly andpreventing its return within the tube A.

It will'heseen from the foregoing that an eflicient instrument for thepurpose is afiorded the consumer at a low price, and that thecombination of a spring, ll,with the yoke and tube, prevents the returnof the taper within the tube, and retains the same in proper positionfor use at all times.

Having thus set forth my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new is The combination of the tube A, yoke D, andspring E, when= the same shall b constructed and operate substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS W. HOUOHIN. Witnesses:

A. Swan? Down, I WM. HAs'rmGs.

